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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I blame the parents. Let the kids be kids. Tell them they don’t need to do research in HS to be successful in life.  Don’t encourage them to harass professors.  Bring back sanity - please. [/quote]

It’s not the parents of current high school students who made elite college admissions a high stakes nightmare.  That would be… well, there plenty of blame to go around, but USNWR and colleges themselves deserve a lot of the blame. Agree that the path to sanity starts with college admissions offices, who do have the power to pull out of USNWR and make the admissions process more fair and transparent, like it is in literally every other country.

You might think a UMC HS kid lifeguarding or working for Parks and Rec is better for their personal growth than working in a lab.  And I don’t disagree. But, I have yet to see any evidence that T-whatever number you are gunning for college admissions offices have gotten that memo.  Maybe if top colleges started valuing public facing work, highly motivated UMC HS students would do it.

Until then, completely agree. Your issue is with your schools admissions office. [/quote]

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